USD11404S - Design for a font of printing-types - Google Patents

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DESIGN.

C. E. HEYER. Pont of Printing-Types.

No.11',404. Patented Sept. 9,1879.

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CHARLES E. HEYER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO ARTHUR M. BARNHART, ALSON E. BARNHART, CHARLES E. SPINDLER, AND S. G.

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DESIGN FOR A FONT OF PRINTING-TYPES.

Specification forming part of Design No. 11,404, dated September 9, 1879; application tiled July 15, 1879. [Term of patent 7 years] To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. HEYER, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have origina-ted and designed a new and original Design for the Capitals and Figures of a Font ot` Printing-Types, ot' which the following is a fnll, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accom panying printed illustration, making a part of this specification.

This design may be classed among the socalled Gothic styles of letter.

It consists, mainly, in the light face and greater height given the letter, and so I call it the Light-Face Gothic.

It differs from styles now known in being so light-faced, and forms, as will be seen upon comparison, a distinct font.

I have included in this font two styles of A, C, G, K, M, N, and R, in order that the printer may use either style at discretion. One form is plain, and corresponds in all respects with the general style of the font. The other has some peculiarities not inconsistent with the general design, and which are the following: The A has its left stroke extended below the lower line and terminated with a slight hook or bend, and the crossbar extends beyond the left downstroke of the letter and terminates in a like hook. The K and the R have their down finishing strokes extended below the line. and similarly hooked, while in the case of the M and N it is the left vertical line which is thus treated. The C and G have each an internal coil added to thc top terminal thereof.

I claim- 1. The design for the font oflight-f'ace Gothic types herein described and shown.

2. The light-face Gothic character herein shown, having a downstroke extended below the line and terminated with a slight hook or bend, as set forth.

3. The light-face Gothic characters C and G, and each of them, provided with the internal coil at the upper terminal. as set forth.

CHARLES E. HEYER.

Witnesses:

EDW. S. EVARTS, H. M. MUNDAY.

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